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Morton Subastas: Saturday Sale

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Saturday Sale	Total Sales (MXN)	284,745.00
Auction Date	December 14, 2024 - December 14, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN)	233,900.00
Sale Number	#1266	High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN)	400,000.00
Total Lots	75
Sold Lots	54	Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN)	313,900.00
% of Lots Sold	72.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (MXN)	537,700.00
Unsold Lots	21	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	52.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
98	PABLO PICASSO (Malaga, Espana, 1881 - Moulins, Francia, 1973)	La danse des faunes	1957	MXN 28,000.00 - 50,000.00	MXN 30,750.00
104	PEDRO CORONEL	Buhos		MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	MXN 18,450.00
51		Carta de Baraja Dumbo.		MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	MXN 14,760.00
52		Carta de Baraja Daisy Duck.		MXN 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	MXN 14,760.00
88	RODOLFO MORALES	Maternidad		MXN 7,000.00 - 14,000.00	MXN 14,760.00
96	JOY LAVILLE	Sin titulo		MXN 12,000.00 - 20,000.00	MXN 14,760.00
106	FRANCISCO TOLEDO	Papalote, Gato		MXN 9,000.00 - 18,000.00	MXN 12,300.00
53	Diego Rivera.	Diego Rivera. Invitacion Firmada.	1949	MXN 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 11,070.00
111	ANDY WARHOL	Campbell's Cheddar Chese		MXN 7,500.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 11,070.00
64	ANTONIO CABALLERO	El Santo Enmascarado de Plata vs la invasion de los marcianos, ca. 1966	ca. 1966	MXN 8,000.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 8,610.00
109	ANDY WARHOL	Campbell Green Pea		MXN 7,500.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 8,610.00
110	ANDY WARHOL	II.49: Campbell's Soup I, Beef		MXN 7,500.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 8,610.00
112	ANDY WARHOL	II.64 Flowers		MXN 7,500.00 - 15,000.00	MXN 8,610.00
73	LEONARDO NIERMAN	Composicion		MXN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	MXN 6,765.00
78	DISENADO POR FRANCISCO TOLEDO	Papalote, Gato		MXN 4,500.00 - 7,500.00	MXN 6,765.00
79	DISENADO POR FRANCISCO TOLEDO	Papalote, Mono		MXN 4,500.00 - 7,500.00	MXN 6,765.00
80	DISENADO POR FRANCISCO TOLEDO	Papalote, Esqueleto		MXN 4,500.00 - 7,500.00	MXN 6,765.00
77	DISENADO POR FRANCISCO TOLEDO	Papalote, Serpiente		MXN 4,500.00 - 7,500.00	MXN 6,150.00
14		Nuevo Cocinero Mexicano. En Forma de Diccionario.	1909	MXN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	MXN 5,535.00
72	LEONARDO NIERMAN	Serie de papeles arrugados III		MXN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	MXN 5,535.00
23		Libros sobre Pintores Europeos.		MXN 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	MXN 3,936.00
84	JOSE LUIS CUEVAS	Cuevas exposicion	1956	MXN 3,500.00 - 7,000.00	MXN 3,690.00
90	JOSE LUIS CUEVAS	Desnudo		MXN 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	MXN 3,444.00
63	GUSTAVO MONTOYA	La sandia, de la serie Ninos Mexicanos		MXN 800.00 - 1,500.00	MXN 3,075.00
76	JOSE CHAVEZ MORADO	a) La sierra		MXN 2,000.00 - 5,000.00	MXN 3,075.00

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.

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